This might be considered a joint thesis, perhaps Nix should get a degree as well? I cannot remember the full details of who did what, but it was primarily hashed out on discord IIRC...
On Sat, Oct 18, 2025 at 10:21 PM 4st nomic via agora-business < [email protected]> wrote: > I submit the following as a thesis: > > Solving the Agoran Problem of Random Assignment and Secrecy (SAPRAS) > > This was implemented and tested (successfully) for 30th anniversary > birthday tournament "Agoran't": > > https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-official/2023-August/017275.html > > Nix summarized it best: > > https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2023-April/062947.html > > Original writeup thread: > > https://mailman.agoranomic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/agora-discussion/2023-April/062936.html > > Additional source: > > https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/31140/santa-claus-secret-permutation > > Additionally, I would like to thank nix for working with me to make the > original solution more user friendly. I also think Janet was probably > involved via discord, and probably other parties. > > -- > 4ˢᵗ > wearing Jester's Cap > Uncertified Bad Idea Generator > -- 4ˢᵗ wearing Jester's Cap Uncertified Bad Idea Generator
